European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday september 25,1988 Media spread Holiday cheer on Bush plane Winston Salem . A reporters gave Republican nominee George Bush two dozen Christmas cards sunday in a joking re minder of his Blooper in misstating the Date or inc japanese attack on Peart  the flight from Washington to Winston Salem for his televised debate wit democratic rival Michael Dukakis the vice president dutifully opened each card. Within two hours he had written a reply to each writer. To ail at lbs Well almost All merr Christmas Bush wrote on one note perhaps recalling his testy encounter with cd to an Chorman Dan rather this year. It s a very tense kind of moment Here i history. Do i want to see this what you re going to give me Bush said As he walked Down the aisle of the plane in response to a message Hal the press corps had something for  read each inscription. Read my lips merry Christmas one card said paraphrasing his own line about no new taxes. Going by Bush s faulty Calendar sunday sept.25. Would be Christmas Day. He made his i rec Munth mistake during a speech before an Ameri can legion convention when he said the anniversary of Peart Harbor was sept. 7 instead of dec. 7. News briefs slow work forces delay in discovery countdown Cape canaveral Fla. A Nasa postponed the Start of the countdown for the space shuttle discovery by eight hours sunday because of Faggin preparations but still aimed for a thursday morning liftoff. The countdown was rescheduled to begin at s  for the first manned american spaceflight since the challenger blew up Over the Atlantic 32months ago. The space Agency had added 27 unprogrammed hours to the countdown As insurance for last minute problems and launch director Bob sick said High hours of that Lime would be used in Advance to finish replacing panels and work platforms. 52 missing after bus plunges into canal in India new Delhi. India a a bus plunged into canal in the Northern state of Punjab on sunday Leav ing 52 people missing news reports said. Eighteen passengers including three children were pulled from the water and taken to hospitals govern ment run television said the bus carrying 70 passengers from the Village Obama a to new Delhi Slid into the canal while at tempting to pass a truck. Press Trust of i Ndia reported the Driver was among those missing the news Agency said. The army has been asked to help in Rescue efforts. Thousands rally against finance talks in Berlin Berlin a tens of thousands of demonstrators escorted by an army of riot police jammed Down town streets on sunday in a massive March to protest the International finance talks Here. A iwo minute Long bottle throwing spree by leftist militants erupted when police pursued protesters who had climbed onto a building but authorities said there were no injuries and no arrests. Police also said leftist militants struck three photog Raphers taking pictures during the March but spokesmen for the demonstration said they believe undercover police officers were the assailants. The photographers were not hurl police said German leftists masted radicals activists from Asia and latin America Church group members an others carried banners and chanted slogans denouncing the debt policies of Industrial nations in the2 i mile March. They stopped within shouting distance of West Berlin International Congress Center where world Bank and International monetary fund talks Are being held and staged a giant rally protesting the two  of the demonstration said about 80,000 people participated but police put the number at walking about 30 abreast inc marchers chante slogans denouncing what they called the murderous policies of the world Bank and International Mone tary fund. Several members of the Green party including . A member of the West German parliament led inc  March began on Kurfirst Endami which is West Berlin s main Boulevard and ended at a Square about 400yards from the International Congress Center the mostly Young crowd was in Good spirits. Som carried children on their shoulders. Two columns of riot police wearing helmet an carrying Shields As Well As truncheons marched along both sides of a group of about 1,000 leftist extremists Many of whom were wearing ski masks to hide their identities finance from Page 1 Stales has to keep its interest rates higher in order to attract Money to finance the deficit. Sollenberg also called for the further reduction of the budget deficits of the United  the . Delegation to the conference did not re lease the remarks of Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady to the group. Bui non-u.5. Sources who asked for anonymity quoted Brady As assuring his financial counterparts that Ali United slates placed the highest priority on efforts to Cut the deficit. The Reagan administration and Congress have worked out a two year plan for trimming the enormous deficit that has burdened the . , newly installed As the us Treasury chief was making his first appearance at the International talks thai began last thursday and will run through sept. 29. On saturday the financial leaders endorsed the Dollar s current Exchange rate and said the world econ omy was sound and growing faster than expected according to the new York times. In a communique the finance ministers and Centra Bankers of the so called group of seven countries emphasized their continued interest in stable Exchange rates even though some economists say the Dollar s recent Rise will slow the correction of Trade imbalances among the group. These Trade imbalances especially a huge american deficit and Large surpluses in Japan and Wesl Ger Many have unsettled the world � financial Market Sand have been filed As causes of the october Stock Market collapse the times said Syria from Page 1 failure to elect a successor to president Amin Gemayel before his six year term expired at Midnight thursday. Aoun a maronite Catholic was named prime min ister by Gemayel minutes before his term ended. Hoss Cabinet is All that remains of a National government under Gemayel a maronite gut that administration fractured along sectarian lines rarely consulted with him and had not held a full session for  moslem leaders had threatened to declare a breakaway state in territory Jon called by their militias if Gemayel handed Over Power to a Christian led cab  an unwritten covenant Lebanon s president must be a Christian the prime minister a sunni mos Lem and the parliament speaker a shiite moslem parliament failed three times from aug. Is up log Mayd s departure to elect his successor because militant christians rejected two syrian backed Candi dates Suleiman Franjieh a close Friend of Assad a and parliamentary Deputy Mikhail  became acting Premier after prime minister Rashid it Arami a sunni was a Assin ated in a bomb explosion aboard an army helicopter in june 1987. On saturday Aoun s three Man Cabinet ordered civil servants not to take any orders from the Hoss  said in a statement broadcast sunday by mos Lem radio stations general Aoun s Cabinet is illegal and unconstitutional. Therefore it cannot Issue orders or directives to  Aoun appeared Bent on pressing his quest for recognition. He called Alt the Arab ambassadors i Lebanon to meet him monday at the presidential pal Ace in suburban Baarda Northeast of  sunday s violence police said attackers fired a rocket propelled grenade into a hotel in syrian con trolled moslem West Beirut during the night gutting an unoccupied third floor room an hour later a dynamite bomb exploded near a syrian army checkpoint a Block from the hotel police reported. No one was injured in either Lack. No one claimed responsibility for the incidents. But they and a tiring of bombings and attacks on syrian forces Over the last year appeared to be aimed at Dis crediting Syria s peacekeeping role in West Beirut. Aids from Page 1 Esting potential factors but they re  Mazzuchi said he can Only surmise but it ii interesting to note that the Navy s figures which Are markedly higher for Active duty Are also markedly higher for those who seek to join the Navy. So it s evident that the Navy is drawing from a population More Predis posed to this disease than the other serv ices  la. Comdr. Catherine Christenson aids adviser to the Navy surgeon Gener Al said statistically it appears that the Navy s rate is higher than the other services but the problem is How to break Down the rates she explained. In addition to homosexuals aids re searchers say intravenous drug users and those who be had blood transfusions face the highest risk of getting the virus. Chris Lynson said the Navy is also trying to look at other potentially related fac tors such As marital status race age and demographics where is the person from there is also spousal affiliation to consider. What is the spouse s Back ground Mazzuchi said the Navy can meet the aids threat just As it met a disastrous drug problem several years  1980, 47 percent of a is to e-5i said they were using illegal drugs he said. Well the Navy has done a hell of a Job in reducing the rate of drug  be taken in from a highly disastrous rate to one of the lowest  figures show about 7.5 percent of Els Loe is using illegal drugs. Mazzuchi credited the drop in particular to random drug testing aids is declining in the military thanks to the fact that enlistees Are now screened and rejected if they have the virus Mazzuchi said. I think we had on the Active force3,000 service members who were his positive this time lost year. And now it s about 2,000. I think the problem will continue to diminish because 1 think the incidence of new cases a going to be relatively  he said most service members no suffering from aids came into the serv ice with the antibody present the Navy s getting some very Good people Mazzuchi said. It s just  you recruit from a population of risk lakers As the military must do after All you re putting your life on the line you can t expect that to com without some Cost. There will be some problem people coming in. You re no going to gel a Bunch of Harvard philosophy majors storming the  re going to think of Why they should t storm the beaches